Enterprise Architect, Principal (Utility Asset Management)

Connvertex Technologies•Oakland, CA

About The Position

The hiring team is seeking an Enterprise Architect Principal Level for Utility Asset Management. This position is a backfill for a previous domain architect who recently retired from the Enterprise Business Capability Architecture team. The primary focus involves managing utility assets across gas, electric, hydro, and nuclear domains to determine asset risks and maintenance strategies. The role is strategically focused, with 95% of the workload involves developing enterprise strategies rather than project-level delivery. A non-negotiable requirement is the ability to conduct vendor assessments and support the RFP process to ensure technological fit and financial viability. The successful candidate must translate business needs into technology requirements and manage internal governance processes. The first 6 to 12 months will prioritize stakeholder interviews and the creation of a draft enterprise strategy. Specific assignments include evaluating tool consolidation, such as determining if current business use cases should remain on the S3 platform or transition to third-party tools. Enterprise Strategy & Architecture (ES&A) is a centralized architecture group within the Information Technology department. The group supports PG&E's safety, reliability and affordability goals under the architecture mandate of Reuse, Rationalize, Optimize, and Standardize. Reporting to the Lead Enterprise Architect, the successful candidate in the role will be a Master Planner with a big picture mindset responsible for turning the architecture vision for the business domains into reality by: Developing thorough understanding of the business processes, application portfolio and underlying IT infrastructure Suggesting technology needs to enable business maturity and help prioritize the right investments Create business architecture models to help connect business vision, goals and outcomes to corresponding technology implementation roadmaps Owning the architecture of a portfolio of applications Create enterprise strategy in alignment with PG&E's True North Strategy Goals Helping build and maintain prioritized portfolio backlogs for business features and foundational or shared capabilities Enabling and empowering execution teams by delivering reusable architecture patterns, architecture building blocks, reference architecture, implementation best practices, and architecture decision frameworks Coaching, mentoring, and guiding the implementation teams throughout the value chain Collaborating with several teams within Business and IT on a regular basis The successful candidate will have strong experience with diverse set of technologies and platforms with deep expertise in at least a few, highly analytical, and project management skills. You should also have strong leadership, communication, and interpersonal skills. Experience working with or in the utility industry is highly desirable but not required.

Requirements

Minimum 10 years of experience
Bachelor's degree
Expertise in remote sensing data (LiDAR, drone, imagery)
Expertise in vendor assessments/RFPs
Expertise in enterprise strategy development
Minimum 10 years at the principal level
Completed Bachelor's degree
Utility domain knowledge is required
Experience extracting value from remote sensing data, including LiDAR, drone flights, field inspections, and video imagery.
Essential knowledge includes S3, GIS, and asset modeling tools.
10 years of enterprise architecture experience
BA/BS degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Business or a related subject or equivalent experience

Nice To Haves

Experience with GIS, S3, Digital Twins, Palantir, Snowflake, and asset modeling tools.
Familiarity with digital twins, Palantir, and Snowflake is highly desired for managing enterprise data.
Experience with AI implementation is considered a preference and the "new norm"
Experience in Utilities with focus areas such as: Asset and Risk Management (Inspections, Enabling AI/ML for Asset Management, Risk Management, Analytics & Reporting)
Master's degree in computer science, Engineering, Business, or a related field
Architecture implementation experience with technologies in SAP, GIS, Enterprise Reporting and Analytics specific to Asset Management, AI Implementation in Asset Risk Management domain
Excellent Communication and Interpersonal skills
High-energy, passionate, and positive outlook with strong sense of ownership
Familiarity with diverse application development technologies and platforms
Good understanding of business and data architecture, business capability mapping, and business process reengineering
Solution architecture and project implementation experience
Relevant architecture certification such as TOGAF
Experience working with or in the utility industry is highly desirable

Responsibilities

Partner with senior business and IT leadership to develop technology roadmaps for Asset Management (Inspections, Risk Management, Analytics & Reporting, Digital Twins)
Collaborate with business to enable their future goals by leveraging AI/ML/Gen AI technology
Assess current IT application environment for asset and risk domain and develop future IT target architecture.
Lead vendor assessments, support RFPs, and application rationalization efforts.
Support IT strategic planning and portfolio modernization process.
Coordinate roadmaps across enterprise groups to manage conflicts, redundancies, and interdependencies.
Collaborate with domain enterprise architects to ensure strategies, standards, design patterns, and roadmaps are consistent and integrated.
Support project delivery and provide enterprise architecture view to support solution designs.
Stay updated with developments in AI, edge computing, and other emerging industry segments.
Be a self-starter, able to solve complex issues with cross-functional teams, and thrive in a fast-moving, agile environment.